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If the rumors are true and the next Xbox requires an Internet connection to play (even offline) games and block used games, it will be dead on arrival. Globally, people will shy away from it.

I don't buy used games, but I do share with friends.

They won't even have to worry about a RROD sandal this time.

It may be true but I think the growing sentiment at this point regarding an always-on requirement is that the 720/Durango/Infinite WON'T have to have a constant connection and that it WILL play used games. There is, however, something called an Xbox Mini which is some kind of peripheral device that may have been the source of these rumors.

If the rumors are true and the next Xbox requires an Internet connection to play (even offline) games and block used games, it will be dead on arrival. Globally, people will shy away from it.

I don't buy used games, but I do share with friends.

They won't even have to worry about a RROD sandal this time.

Online gaming is the core of the Xbox gaming experience. Even if that bogus rumor is true, it definately won't be DOA. Anyone who has played both systems online can see the deficiencies the ps3 has to the 360 in that aspect.

According to sources speaking with The International Business Times, it’s the latter moniker – Xbox Infinity – that’s the name of Microsoft’s third console. “Sources related to development of the new Xbox have confirmed to IBTimes UK that the console… will be called Infinity,” the article states.